Administration of protection of data accessible by a mobile device

In a computing environment, a method for detecting a current location from a set of possible locations for a mobile computing device for use in protecting data accessible to the mobile device, the method comprising the steps of:

• by a layer manager module, obtaining at least one current network environment parameter;
• by a location module, determining whether the obtained current network environment parameter matches a predefined parameter for a first location;
• by the location module, performing a location detection test using valid historical parameters to verify the first location;
• setting the verified first location as the location of the mobile device;
• and
• by the location module, updating the valid historical parameters by determining whether a parameter has been previously detected and marking the parameter as a valid historical parameter for determining location, wherein the marking comprises:
• maintaining a first count of the number of times a parameter has been previously detected;
• maintaining a second count of the number of times the parameter has been previously detected as valid;
• and
• marking the parameter as a valid historical parameter for determining location when the first count is less than the second count.